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* understanding what you're actually doing is better than outsourcing your knowledge.

Most of the issues I see from either on-premises or cloud generally come from not actually understanding the business/use cases/environment. Cloud becomes the 'solution' to a problem of people and process, rather than a value proposition that augments existing reality. You can't make good decisions (e.g. Should I outsource my taxes) if you don't understand what doing those thiggs acrually involves (which most people don't bother to even try).

And usually worked into this is a lot of outsourcing of expertise to the point the business relies on third parties to tell them what to do, which is never a cheaper outcome.